Have you not read from the pages of the Vivificus Opusculus? No man or larch or lepidoptera is immune unless their vital bodily fluids are cleansed of all nanobots whilst upon wet hickory leaves at the porch of the Righteous Fiddler.

Having lived there until a little over a year ago, I'd say that sounds about right.

I remember walking into an Autozone and seeing the signs over the aisles in Spanish first (big letters) and English second.

Jasondcrum: I fully agree with the word 'hazard' when you combine my ass, a speedo and a couple of spun-up magnatron tubes in a big pot of boiling water thats probably spiked with a hint of some dudes baby batter.

Don't sweat it. My mom, born in the USA, didn't not begin speaking English until she started school at age five. She never spoke with an accent (okay, she sounded like a Kansan) and all of us kids are rather good at English. Relax, TV and movies will screw up their kids and they'll all be worthless little twits speaking English within one generation.

Poll: Californians' Views On Illegal Immigration Softening March 9, 2006www.nbc11.com/news/7848562/detail.htmlSAN FRANCISCO -- Californians' views on illegal immigration have softened over the last two decades, with an increasing number seeing it as beneficial to the state's economy, according to a new statewide poll released Thursday.

The Field Poll showed that 47 percent of Californians see illegal immigration as having a favorable impact on the state while 45 percent see it as having an unfavorable impact. That split narrowed considerably from 1982, when just 19 percent saw it as favorable while 75 percent saw it as unfavorable.

The poll noted that 26 percent of registered voters and 33 percent of non-Hispanics were less likely to view illegal immigration as favorable. That's compared to 64 percent of non-voters and 75 percent of Hispanics. Among registered voters, only about a quarter of Republicans saw it as positive while Democrats were more divided.

With the state's unemployment rate at less than 5 percent, seven in 10 Californians believe illegal immigrants are mainly doing jobs other residents don't want. That's nearly twice the percentage that agreed in 1982, in the midst of a prolonged recession, according to the poll.

Opposition for giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants seems to be eroding, with 52 percent opposing the idea and 44 percent in favor of it, the poll showed. A year ago, Californians opposed the idea, 62 percent to 35 percent.

Poll: Californians' Views On Illegal Immigration Softening March 9, 2006www.nbc11.com/news/7848562/detail.htmlSAN FRANCISCO -- Californians' views on illegal immigration have softened over the last two decades, with an increasing number seeing it as beneficial to the state's economy, according to a new statewide poll released Thursday.

The Field Poll showed that 47 percent of Californians see illegal immigration as having a favorable impact on the state while 45 percent see it as having an unfavorable impact. That split narrowed considerably from 1982, when just 19 percent saw it as favorable while 75 percent saw it as unfavorable.

The poll noted that 26 percent of registered voters and 33 percent of non-Hispanics were less likely to view illegal immigration as favorable. That's compared to 64 percent of non-voters and 75 percent of Hispanics. Among registered voters, only about a quarter of Republicans saw it as positive while Democrats were more divided.

With the state's unemployment rate at less than 5 percent, seven in 10 Californians believe illegal immigrants are mainly doing jobs other residents don't want. That's nearly twice the percentage that agreed in 1982, in the midst of a prolonged recession, according to the poll.

Opposition for giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants seems to be eroding, with 52 percent opposing the idea and 44 percent in favor of it, the poll showed. A year ago, Californians opposed the idea, 62 percent to 35 percent.

California is nowhere NEAR the same state as it was in 1982. Today it's barely even part of America anymore.

Have you not read from the pages of the Vivificus Opusculus? No man or larch or lepidoptera is immune unless their vital bodily fluids are cleansed of all nanobots whilst upon wet hickory leaves at the porch of the Righteous Fiddler.

Originally Posted By 1Andy2:38% of California citizens or 38% of California residents?

I bet less than 38% of CA residents are citizens.

Just kidding. I have no idea what the real % of English-speaking CA residents is but I don't think it's 38%. It might be 15-20% though, just from the sheer number of immigrants. My grandparents are immigrants and they don't speak English... my parents and I do, however. Like Will-Rogers said, give it a generation or two -- English will take.

Originally Posted By 1Andy2:38% of California citizens or 38% of California residents?

I bet less than 38% of CA residents are citizens.

Just kidding. I have no idea what the real % of English-speaking CA residents is but I don't think it's 38%. It might be 15-20% though, just from the sheer number of immigrants. My grandparents are immigrants and they don't speak English... my parents and I do, however. Like Will-Rogers said, give it a generation or two -- English will take.

Funny, we didn't learn Spanish when we emigrated to Texas when it was Coahuila y Tejas.

Cultural assimilation will only happen if they come in smaller numbers into areas with much larger English speaking populations. 38% is a significant number.